Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
- adj. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Lifeless, dull or banal.
- adj. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That has lost its life and spirit; insipid; dead; flat.
- Dull; spiritless; destitute of animation; insipid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. lacking taste or flavor or tang
- adj. lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Etymologies
Latin vapidus.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)From Latin vapidus ("flat or vapid"). (Wiktionary)
dimã©lion commented on the word vapid
helpful word.
November 28, 2008
mollusque commented on the word vapid
Seems flaccid as an insult.
November 3, 2008
senwick commented on the word vapid
Has a very intense angry sound and shape. Great insult.
Much like insipid.
November 3, 2008